2136. Trade Federation's abacus
However, after hearing this time, Ling Liang just shook his head and said coldly, "My hope is that you can support it until eight months. That is to say, at least until next year. And this is only our requirement for Deko-Neimoidia, Koru-Neimoidia, these relatively peripheral planets..."
Her eyes were extremely sharp, she looked at Newt Gunray, and then said slowly, "For Balmorra, Kato-Neimoidia, and your home planet Neimoidia, my hope is that it will be at least two years."
"This is impossible!" Newt Gunray suddenly raised his head and said, "We simply don't have the power to last for such a long time! Moreover, Balmorra and Neimoidia both have large incubation pools of our species. The planet has a large population. If the war lasts for a long time, the casualties will be extremely heavy!"
Seeing his look, Ling Liang just sneered.
Sure enough, even though Newt Gunray is making a lot of noise here, in fact he is making trouble for everyone to see. Especially for Duchy of Dawn and Grand Duke Tang Xiao.
Just now Army General Xian Hui saw this matter very accurately. Is this really hotter than old?
Newt Gunray said this, but he was actually making his own calculations. He probably wanted Trade Federation to surrender, so that he could avoid sacrifice to the greatest extent.
That's why he knew clearly that it was impossible for Duchy of Dawn to send troops to affect Trade Federation who was far away in the galaxy Core Worlds, but he still came here to make a fuss and cry for help.
I just hope that after Duchy of Dawn is rejected, he will then have an excuse, so he can say that it was you Duchy of Dawn who refused to send troops, don't blame me, and then surrender. In this way, Duchy of Dawn can't say anything?
And anyway, Trade Federation has actually been split into two, and a lot of industry and wealth has been transferred to Northern Territory, so no matter what, there is no problem in maintaining at least a lower limit.
Now that he had a way out, what he was thinking about was how to avoid sacrifice. If we can negotiate conditions with the Galactic Empire on the premise of surrender, even if it involves heavy bleeding, at least we can still save something.
"Then what is your plan? Newt Gunray." Ling Liang already had the answer, but she still asked in a pretentious manner.
"We Trade Federation have devoted everything we have to you Duchy of Dawn. You can't just ask us to persist for two years without doing anything! In this way, our planet will be a river of blood!" Newt Gunray said loudly, "If Dawn Star Planet turns a blind eye to the invasion we suffered, then we can only find a way on our own."
"For example?" Ling Liang asked with a sneer.
"We will reach a certain degree of compromise with the Galactic Empire to preserve our planet." Newt Gunray said this, and he glanced at Tang Xiao secretly, hoping that Tang Xiao would not immediately become furious after saying this.
Sure enough, Tang Xiao changed his sitting position and stared at him with terrifying eyes, which made him feel frightened and his whole body trembled. Newt Gunlay quickly explained, "Grand Duke, please rest assured that my loyalty to Duchy of Dawn will never change! Even if we lose those industries of Core Worlds, we will still support Duchy of Dawn wholeheartedly!"
This is their Trade Federation plan - after a wave of resistance, they will surrender directly and then split into two. Some surrendered to the Galactic Empire and continued to retain their status, while the other part was divided and stayed in Duchy of Dawn, continuing to enjoy the benefits given by Duchy of Dawn.
They can then hedge their bets.
As for why they should resist Galactic Empire, the main reason is to let Galactic Empire see their power, so that they can bargain with them.
In fact, Trade Federation does have the ability to make Galactic Empire uncomfortable. They still control a large amount of navigation data of Outer Rim Territories, and still have countless human resources inside the Empire. At the same time, they also have very strong defenses on their core planets.
On Balmorra and Kato-Neimoidia, a Endless-class Super Carrier was deployed respectively, although the castrated version of Forerunner engine was not installed.
As for why it was not deployed on the home star Neimoidia, it is because in fact, the racial culture of Neimoidian is not particularly sentimental towards the home star. Neimoidian's reproductive method is similar to a beehive. When they were young, they also grew up in centralized beehives, where it was an environment where the weak and the strong preyed on each other. Therefore, Neimoidian, who grew up, will never have any good memories of his childhood life.
For Neimoidian, Neimoidia is just a place to raise offspring (I won't go into details, but the way this race breeds and survives is quite disgusting).
But Ling Liang said coldly, "This is our proposal for Trade Federation. You must persist long enough and give Galactic Empire a big enough blow. And we will help you as much as possible, and will also open the border of Rendili Planet so that Trade Federation refugees can go to Rendili Planet for resettlement."
In fact, even this involves taking a lot of risks. Although Rendili Planet has a star gate, it is still the same planet located on Core Worlds, and it is now also surrounded by the Galactic Empire. What prevents Galactic Empire from attacking Rendili Planet is the huge fleet around the planet, dominated by Victory II-class Star Destroyer and numbering more than 1,500 capital ships.
But if Rendili Planet opens its borders, it will be difficult to stop Galactic Empire from infiltrating the planet. This may cause the secrets of the star gate to be leaked, and may also give the Empire agents some opportunities to destroy the stable environment on the planet.
However, this alone could not move Newt Gunray at all. He said loudly, "Of course we will do our best to resist, but Galactic Empire has used at least two thousand capital ships for this offensive! You can't ask us to persist for two years with such a force! The only result of this is that our planet will be plowed to the ground!"
He looked at Tang Xiao again and begged, "Grand Duke! You won't sit back and watch this result, right? Only if we preserve our strength can we continue to work for Duchy of Dawn in the future counterattack, Grand Duke!"
Newt Gunray is still here pretending to be crazy, crying and making trouble, almost hanging himself.
However, Tang Xiao also said coldly, "This is what I mean."
Ling Liang snorted coldly and said, "Then, how about we make a bet?"